In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the what happens when our planet, during its journey around the Sun, runs ...

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to ...

Rainbows may be a trick of the eye, but they’re also based in fascinating optical physics. Here's how they work and why we ...

A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...

Astronauts have voted from the space station since 1997 and have cast ballots in nearly every U.S. presidential election ...

Sixth test flight of the largest rocket to ever fly will feature another attempt at catching the Super Heavy booster and ...

As the ISS ages and is eventually decommissioned, private companies may operate the orbital platforms of the future.

NASA has identified nine locations near the Moon’s south pole for the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17.

Mars’ features are starting to become visible, Mercury appears in the evening sky, and the Trifid Nebula glows in the sky ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.

When the historic observatory was shuttered by the University of Chicago, a community organization helped to revitalize it.